Re: TIB: Multitasking
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Re: TIB: Multitasking
Jody wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Hi Jody. Is mulitasking possible with the TI processor?
> >
> > Josh:)
> > sivecjos@student.lansing.cc.mi.us
> >
>
> I think..(hmmm)....probably not. At least not properly. If you really
> wanted to you could probably imitate certain aspects of it by saving
> varibables and transferring between programs and stuff like that, but
> the reality is, this is probably more work than it's worth. Rene
> (can't remember the rest of his name and I'm to lazy to go look it up)
> brought up some good points about the difficulty of just saving
> variables. There's just SO MUCH to try to take care of, and the calc
> _really_ isn't designed to do it. Maybe somebody could pull something
> off in asm (big maybe), but I would guess that in basic it just aint
> gunna happen!
But to answer the wording rather then the spirit of the question:
Yes, multi-tasking _is_ possible, but not with the given OS.
The TI-92 processor was originally found in the Amiga 500 (multi-tasked
already in 1985 - yes that was an "8" :-), and in similarly old Macs.
So if you override the ROM and provide your own OS, you can multi-task.
I _think_ it has been done in ASM too though. I don't have much
knowledge on the subject and I have unsubscribed the asm list
(correctly, in my first attempt, as it should be done, mind you! :-)
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Rene Kragh Pedersen
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